Napolitano Recognizes Reality, Scraps 100 Percent Scanning

Jena McNeill / December 02, 2009

Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on the topic of transportation security. What she said about cargo security was something that everyone else in the homeland security community has been saying for the past two years. There are a number of serious challenges that stand in the way of the 100 percent scanning mandate.

The private sector has known this for a while. These innovators understand that you can’t be perfect (aka scan 100 percent of cargo) without the right technology. And Napolitano backed them up in today’s hearing emphasizing a distinct lack of technology to “effectively and automatically detect suspicious anomalies within cargo containers that should trigger additional inspection.” (more…)